Foster Brook vs Lewis Run

A side-by-side comparison of Foster Brook and Lewis Run: population, income, housing, and more.

Foster Brook and Lewis Run are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foster Brook has the higher population (1,019 vs 575 in Lewis Run). Lewis Run has the higher median household income ($72,639 vs $69,659 in Foster Brook). Lewis Run has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $109,100 in Foster Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
Population	1,019	575
Median age	49.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,659	$72,639
Median home value	$109,100	$119,400
Median gross rent	$709	$885
Housing units	482	282
Homeownership rate	91.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
Population	1,086 → 1,019 (-6.2%)	679 → 575 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$52,344 → $69,659 (+33.1%)	$54,821 → $72,639 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $109,100 (+28.4%)	$86,500 → $119,400 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $709 (+3.2%)	$658 → $885 (+34.5%)

Foster Brook

Population

1,0861,019

Median household income

$52,344$69,659

Median home value

$85,000$109,100

Median gross rent

$687$709

Lewis Run

Population

679575

Median household income

$54,821$72,639

Median home value

$86,500$119,400

Median gross rent

$658$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
Under 5	4.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	24.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.4%
75 and over	10.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	46.8%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
Drove alone	87.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
1-unit, detached	89.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Foster Brook	Lewis Run
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1947	1954